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obama giving more money away?

Article [I.]
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Article [II.]
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

My understanding is, that while in office he can't accept any "outside" money.

So maybe its not really him.

WRL

Actually, Presidents are not covered by restrictions on outside income beyond not being permitted to accept payment for performance of their official duties and generally accepted restrictions suggesting that investments be maintained in blind trusts so their is no appearance of conflict. He announced his intention to give the money to charity when the award was announced. However, he would have been fully entitled to keep it.

I'm not sure where you are finding that. The President is explicitly not covered by the income restrictions that apply to members of Congress and virtually every President and Vice President has had substantial sources of income other than their salary, including book royalties, deferred compensation payments from government contractors, dividend and capital gain incomes, and even substantial gifts (e.g. Reagan received and accepted a $2.5 million house as a gift from a private individual while he was President). Presidents are restricted in their acceptance of gifts from foreign governments, but are not restricted on their acceptance of "domestic" gits which include gifts from all non-governmental sources. Presumably that would include the Nobel Prize, which is not a governmental award.